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Life - As a Matter of Fat

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Prologue: Lipidology - the science of lipids.- I THE OVERLOOKED MOLECULES.- Life from molecules.- Head and tail.- Oil and water.- Lipids speak the language of curvature.- A matter of softness.- Soft shells shape up.- Biological membranes - models and fashion.- II LIPIDS MAKE SENSE.- Lipids in bilayers - a stress-full and busy life.- The more we are together.- Lipids in Flatland.- Social Lipids.- Lively lipids provide for function.- Proteins at lipid mattresses.- III LIPIDS IN ACTION.- Cholesterol on the scene.- Lipids in charge.- Being smart - a _shy matter of fat.- Liquor and drugs - as a matter of fat-. Lipid eaters.- Powerful and strange lipids at work.- Survival by lipids.- Epilogue: Fat for Future.- Bibliography.- Sources for Figures. - Index.


About the Author:

Ole Mouritsen is a professor of biophysics and affiliated with the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy (FKF) of the University of Southern Denmark and is currently director of a national Danish center of excellence, MEMPHYS - Center for Biomembrane Physics - which is supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He has published more than 400 scientific papers and reports as well as number of books among them three popular books on the science of cooking.

Prof. Mouritsen is an elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, The Danish Academy for Technical Sciences, and the Danish Gastronomical Academy. Among the several prizes for research and research communication he has received are the UK Royal Society of Chemistry Bourke Award (2008) and the European Lipid Science Award (2011). Last but not least, he is a co-founder of LiPlasome Pharma A/S which is an innovation company that develops liposome-based drug-delivery systems for cancer therapy.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783319226132
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 298
  • Series Title: Frontiers Collection
  • Sub Title: Lipids in a Membrane Biophysics Perspective
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3319226134
  • Publisher Date: 16 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Edition: 2
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Weight: 671 gr


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